Parksville is famous for some of Canada’s lowest tides. I cycled out to Rathtrevor Beach to wade the lowest tide of the year. It’s way, way out there.
AND … I believe these are the Brandt geese I’m always hearing about, but have never seen. Until now. 🙂
Another great visit with Doug, Diana and the Tumbl Trak extended family.
My last night in Michigan we did Midland starting with a bottle of the cheapest Syrah available at the wine bar – Give me Five. Reverse Wine Snob loves it.
We walked over to a Mexican place to share a plate of Hawaiian fajita. The best Hawaiian fajita I’ve ever had. The best I ever will have. 🙂
Too stuffed for desert, we finished the evening with a specialty coffee.
🙂
Jed’s radical choice to quit his job and ride his bike across the world is a perfect challenge to the rest of us to get out of the routine and make some scary decisions. …
Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.
I travel non-stop. My luggage of choice for many years has been an MEC rolling duffel with (emergency) backpack harness.
It’s both holesy and Holy to me at this point.
On the recommendation of Kraig Becker I just bought a 32″ wheeled duffel by one of my favourite companies, Granite Gear as a replacement.
Click PLAY or see how it works on YouTube.
It lists at US$210. I got it on sale for $169.
So far I’m loving it. 🙂
The zippers might not be as strong as the MEC. But the rest of the Granite Gear looks superior.
I’m on a road trip to visit 5 Gymnastics events in 4 Gyms. At least. 🙂
I’ve got plenty of audio books.
I stayed 5 nights at a small motel called Auberge Du Lac Beauchamp.
Best thing was nearby Lac Beauchamp Park. I walked or jogged each day. There was much wildlife including coyote, fox, wild turkey, mink, etc.
New. Announced November 2014 for tourists wanting to travel to India.
e-Tourist Visa. Online. US$60. Good for 1 month. Single entry.
Here’s the application page (I hope). I’ll try it for a trip September 2015. Wish me luck.
Original post from 2014 ____
I’m in Nepal. Visa on arrival. No hassles. Nepal loves tourists.
India still requires a visa in advance for Canadians, a stupid and time consuming process from the days of the Raj.
Though open-for-business Modi promised Obama it was coming, it’s not yet here.
India is working on a proposal for visa on arrival (VoA) facility for US tourists, one of the big-ticket announcements expected to be made during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s high-profile visit to the US beginning September 26. …
Since 2010 visa on arrival was available for citizens of these nations: Finland, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia and South Korea.
Yet they cannot bloody add more nations to that list? 😦
UPDATE – The list has been expanded to 43 nations including the USA. … But NOT Canada. NOT U.K.
related – India hates tourists (2013)
… declared sovereignty in 1847. Since then, Costa Rica has remained among the most stable, prosperous, and progressive nations in Latin America. Following a brief but bloody civil war, it permanently abolished its army in 1949, becoming the first of only a few sovereign nations without a standing army. …
Costa Rica has consistently performed favorably in the Human Development Index (HDI), placing 62nd in the world as of 2012, among the highest of any Latin American nation …
Costa Rica is known for its progressive environmental policies …
Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central American region, with 2.2 million foreign visitors in 2011, followed by Panama with almost 1.5 million visitors …
Tourists love Costa Rica.
I enjoyed my first visit as well. It reminds me more of Hawaii than anywhere else.
Hawaii is better. And cheaper, I reckon.
Prices are high in Costa Rica. Yet service and quality are much worse than Hawaii, by comparison.
The airport in San Jose is inefficient. Shops and food court very expensive. US$12 for a 2 piece KFC chicken combo, for example. Most expensive KFC in the world?
The people are great. My main motivation to return is to visit my new friends. 🙂
One of the highlights of a visit to this tropical nation are the flowers and colourful plants. They remind me of Hawaii.
Costa Rica’s national flower, the guaria morada (Guarianthe skinneri), is an exquisite orchid known for its purple hues and diamond-like shimmer. … blooms from January through April …
I posted high resolution versions of my flower pics on Flickr.
Rick McCharles 